Re: OT: Anthroponymics

On Wed, 26 oct 2005, 18:19 CEST, João Ricardo de Mendonça
wrote:

 >> PS - the recent mention of the American with the
 >> tremendously long name
 >> immediately reminded me of Monty Python's
 >> "Neglected German Composer" (I'm doing this from memory,
 >> so have probably
 >> left some bits out!),
 >> Johann Gambolputty der von
 >>
Ausfernschpledenschlittcrasscrenbonfriediggedingledanglebursteinvonknackerth
 >> rashercolensicgranderknotty-
 >>
spelltinklekurstlichhimbleeisenbahnwagengutenabendbitteeinnurnburgerbratwurs
 >> tlegerschpurtenmitzweimacheluberhundsfutgumberaber-
 >> schonendankekalbsfleischvonmittelraucher von Hautkopf of
 >> Ulm (I think he had
 >> a sister, Sarah Gambolputty....) In the sketch, the
 >> composer
 >> had died by the time the interviewer had said his name
 >> about four or five
 >> times.
[snip]
 >
 > Amazing that you have memorized that! Or is there some
 > pattern that
 > I'm missing here? Does this name have some satirical
 > meaning?

It's some German words, English and much gibberish mixed in
fact. It's more gibberish than meaningful actually.

BTW, since Tom Ch. asked why I started with
"OT: Anthroponymics" -- this is because I expected the
discussion to go off-topic quickly, but instead it became
on-topic again.

Carsten

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